---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prisons and reformatories; directing the Department of Corrections to create and establish an Orange Alert communication system; codification; effective date."
description: "Prisons and reformatories; directing the Department of Corrections to create and establish an Orange Alert communication system; codification; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1546"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1546 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Moore"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03ac1aac-f58c-4993-b3d8-cd1dff7240bc"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1546&session=2400"
source_hash: "a721a820c155b673c4df60d764b30cdc1175a6d0895fe0380d89e991010bdb64"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
---

# Oklahoma HB 1546 (2024) — Prisons and reformatories; directing the Department of Corrections to create and establish an Orange Alert communication system; codification; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1546 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1546 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1546 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1546 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1546 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1546 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1546 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1546 CS.PDF)
9. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1546 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Public Safety: Committee Substitute, Motion By Senator Coleman - Adopted (Request No: 2093) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Criminal Justice And Corrections Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jech — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative Moore
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Authored by Senator Jech (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-22** General Order
- **2023-03-22** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-23** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Coauthored by Representative Burns
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2023-04-20** Placed on General Order
- **2023-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-04-26** SA's received
- **2023-05-09** SA's read, adopted
- **2023-05-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate
- **2023-05-09** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-10** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-05-10** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-05-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/11/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03ac1aac-f58c-4993-b3d8-cd1dff7240bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).